Jun 01, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

There were some solid contenders for this week's Songs of the Week list. It was a toss up between #1 and #2, it could've gone either way. If we were doing a "Best Use of a Song in a TV Show This Week" list, then first place probably would've gone to the use of U2's "With or Without You" in the surprising and amazing series finale of FX's The Americans. More

Jun 01, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her latest album, MASSEDUCTION, last October via Loma Vista. It was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2017. Now she has shared a new version of the album's "Slow Disco." More

May 29, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Florence + the Machine (aka Florence Welch and backing band) is releasing a new album, High As Hope, on June 29 via Republic. Now she has announce some North American tour dates that stretch from August until October.  More

Apr 06, 2018 By Stephen Mayne

This week we look at Martin Luther King Jr. and the impact he had half a century on from his death, plus there're sanctions, walls, pay gaps, reworked wedding songs, and Superorganism. More

Apr 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Universal Love is a new EP funded by MGM Resorts that features musicians covering classic love songs but adjusting the gender pronouns so that they would be more appropriate for same sex weddings. It features St. Vincent, Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Bob Dylan, Kesha, Bloc Party's Kele Okereke, and Valerie June.  More

Mar 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

FYF Fest has announced its 2018 lineup. The event is due to take place July 21 and 22 at Los Angeles' Exposition Park. The headliners are Florence and the Machine and Janet Jackson.  More

Mar 21, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This year's Lollapalooza is going down August 2-5 at Grant Park in Chicago and now the lineup has been revealed. The headliners are The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, Travis Scott, The National, Vampire Weekend, and Odesza. More

Mar 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, last October via Loma Vista. It was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2017. Last Sunday she joined Sufjan Stevens in his performance at the Oscars. Now she has shared a remix of the MASSEDUCTION's "Los Ageless" by Los Angeles-based production duo DJDS, who strip back the song.  More

Mar 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens was among the performers at last night's 90th Academy Awards ceremony, performing his song "Mystery of Love" from the film Call Me By Your Name. Stevens' performance featured a backing band that included St. Vincent(aka Annie Clark) and Moses Sumney.  More

Feb 07, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, last October via Loma Vista. It was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2017. Now she has done a session for Spotify where she has covered "Consideration," from Rihanna's 2016 album ANTI. More

Jan 22, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, last October via Loma Vista. It was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2017. Now she has stopped by NPR's offices to perform three songs as a Tiny Desk Concert.  More

Jan 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, last October via Loma Vista. It was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2017. Now she has shared a remix of "New York" by British electronic artist Kelly Lee Owens. More

Jan 05, 2018 By Stephen Mayne

It would be inaccurate to say a lot of us started 2017 with optimism overflowing, but there was a certain relief at having put 2016 to bed. While the misery of a Trump White House still lay ahead, some comfort came from sweeping away the detritus of that car crash of an election. More

Jan 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2018 festival, which goes down in Indio, California over two weekends in April (with the same bill each weekend). Friday April 13 and 20 is headlined by The Weeknd, Saturday April 14 and 21 is headlined by Beyoncé, and Sunday April 15 and 22 is headlined by Eminem. More

Dec 30, 2017 By Mark Redfern

2016 was regarded as a fairly rough year by many, but 2017 was no walk in the park either. 2016 was mired by the deaths of several beloved musical icons (David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, George Michael, and Sharon Jones among them) and the disappointing and divisive Presidential election, but in 2017 we had to deal with the ramifications of said election (we'd say that roughly 95% of the musicians we interview likely don't support many, if any, of President Trump's policies).  More

Dec 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, back in October via Loma Vista. Last night she stopped by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah to be interviewed by Noah about the album and its cover art.  More

Dec 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, back in October via Loma Vista. Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform "Slow Disco." She did so in a fake church set, with a string section sitting in pews in front of her. More

Nov 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, last month via Loma Vista. Now she has shared a video for "Pills." Philippa Price directed the clip, which plays off the theme of the song and features various stylish looking people taking pills and dancing. More

Nov 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, last month via Loma Vista. Today she was the musical guest on Ellen, where host Ellen DeGeneres also gave out copies of the album to the audience. Clark was backed by four dancers clad in red thigh high boots and masks. At one point the camera cuts to DeGeneres as she sings along to the song. More

Nov 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, last month via Loma Vista. Now she has announced some more 2018 tour dates. More

Nov 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, last month via Loma Vista. On Friday night she was the musical guest on the BBC late night talk show The Graham Norton Show. She performed MASSEDUCTION track "Los Ageless," playing her guitar and dressed like she was a stylish member of The X-Men, while backing dancers with guitars moved in silhouette on the other side of a screen behind Clark.  More

Oct 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, last Friday via Loma Vista. Today she was the musical guest on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show. She was interviewed by Mac, performed MASSEDUCTION tracks "Los Ageless" and "New York," and also covered The Clash's "London Calling," backed only by an acoustic guitar.  More

Oct 16, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, last Friday via Loma Vista. Now a Japanese bonus track has shown up online, "政権腐敗," which is pronounced "seiken fuhai" and translates to "Power Corrupts." St. Vincent also stopped by the BBC music show Later... with Jools Holland and covered Patsy Cline's classic "Crazy." More

Oct 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last week we didn't do a Songs of the Week post simply because there truly were hardly any new tracks worth considering for it. But this week there was a wealth of exciting new music. To help you sort through the multitude of fresh songs released in the last seven days, we have picked the seven best this week had to offer, along with highlighting other notable new tracks shared this week. Check out the full list below. More

Oct 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released her new album, MASSEDUCTION, today via Loma Vista. Now you can stream the whole album below. More

Oct 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) is releasing her new album, MASSEDUCTION, this Friday (October 13) via Loma Vista. In last night's episode of the BBC music show Later... with Jools Holland St. Vincent performed "New York."  More

Oct 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) is releasing her new album, MASSEDUCTION, this Friday (October 13) via Loma Vista. Now she has shared another song from the album, "Pills."  More

Oct 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) is releasing her new album, MASSEDUCTION, on October 13 via Loma Vista. St. Vincent previously shared MASSEDUCTION track "New York" (it was our #1 Song of the Week), as well as a colorful video for the song.  More

Oct 03, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) is releasing her new album, MASSEDUCTION, on October 13 via Loma Vista. St. Vincent previously shared MASSEDUCTION track "New York" (it was our #1 Song of the Week), as well as a colorful video for the song. She also shared another song from it, "Los Ageless" (which was also our #1 Song of the Week). Now "Los Ageless" has an equally colorful video.  More

Sep 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Of late we've been presenting the eight best songs of the week, but last week we expanded it to a Top 9 because there were so many strong choices. This week we kept it as nine, but because we had trouble narrowing the list down in a week of solid new songs, but few obvious standouts.  More

Sep 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has announced her new album, MASSEDUCTION, and shared another song from it, "Los Ageless." MASSEDUCTION is pronounced as "mass-seduction" not "mass-education" and is due out October 13 via Loma Vista.  More

Aug 31, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) recently shared a brand new song, "New York." It was our Song of the Week. "New York" is likely the first taste of her fourth album, the follow-up to 2014's self-titled one, which she has been working on with Bleachers' Jack Antonoff. Now she has shared a video for "New York."  More

Aug 30, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The American jewelry company Tiffany & Co. recently launched their fall 2017 campaign and it starred St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark), among others. Now Tiffany has released a new ad that features St. Vincent covering The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love."  More

Aug 16, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) directed one segment ("The Birthday Party") of the horror film anthology XX. It featured four different horror tales, each directed by a different woman, and released back in February.  More

Jul 26, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The American jewelry company Tiffany & Co. have launched their fall 2017 campaign and it stars St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark), Janelle Monáe, Zoë Kravitz, Elle Fanning, model Cameron Russell, and Bolshoi Ballet dancer David Hallberg. More

Jun 30, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Despite leading up to a long holiday weekend, it was a packed week for great new songs. Quite a few notable artists shared new songs this week, including Arcade Fire, St. Vincent, The National, Liam Gallagher, Neil Young, Mogwai, Weezer, Broken Social Scene, Toro Y Moi, and more. More

Jun 30, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has shared a brand new song, "New York." It's likely the first taste of her fourth album, the follow-up to 2014's self-titled one, which she has been working on with Bleachers' Jack Antonoff.  More

Jun 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has announced a fall tour she's dubbing the "Fear the Future Tour." She has also shared a funny announcement video for the tour. The dates go down this October, November, and early December and include shows in Europe and America.  More

Apr 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

If you support Under the Radar's Patreon page at the minimum contribution of at least $1.00 a month you get access to our Patreon-only feed featuring exclusive content only available to Patreon supporters.  More

Apr 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

7-Inches for Planned Parenthood is a new 7-inch box set with 100% of the proceeds being donated to Planned Parenthood.  More

Feb 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has been named the official ambassador for Record Store Day 2017 and has shared a funny video to announce this. Record Store Day happens on April 22 this year. More

Jan 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

XX is a new horror anthology film that features four segments, each directed by a different woman. Of note is the segment The Birthday Party, which marks the directorial debut of Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent), who also co-wrote it. More

Aug 19, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent's Annie Clark is apparently a big Dallas Cowboys fan, which is no surprise since she's from Texas. A new NFL commercial features St. Vincent's instrumental solo electric guitar rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and a new behind-the-scenes documentary features Clark discussing her passion for the Dallas Cowboys. More

Aug 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Today a remake of the 1977 Disney film Pete's Dragon comes out. It's getting surprisingly good reviews and stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, and Karl Urban.  More

Jul 29, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Last night The National played The Greek Theater in Los Angeles and they debuted a brand new song entitled "Prom Song 13th Century (Frankie & Johnny)." What made the performance special was that it was a duet with St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark), who joined the band onstage.  More

Jul 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has shared a cover of The Golden Girls theme song. Although, if Clark didn't say it was a cover of the opening titles music to the beloved senior citizen '80s sitcom we wouldn't have known it was one.  More

Jun 29, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) performed at a benefit concert at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City last night, dressed as a toilet. She did a new song, as well as "Bring Me Your Loves," "Marry Me," and others.  More

Apr 12, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has announced that she'll be making her directorial debut for the upcoming all-female-led horror anthology film XX. More

Feb 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has covered The Rolling Stones' "Emotional Rescue" for the soundtrack to the new film A Bigger Splash. The film stars Tilda Swinton as a rock star and also features Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, and Dakota Johnson. Luca Guadagnino directed the film, which is out today in U.K., but not out in the U.S. and Canada until May 13 (via Fox Searchlight). More

Sep 28, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Jenny Lewis performed at the Trans-Pecos Festival of Music and Love in Marfa, Texas last Thursday and brought a special guest onstage, St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark). Clark played drums on Lewis' "Just One of the Guys," collaborated with Lewis on the unreleased song "Girl on Girl," and performed her own song "Cheerleader." The set ended with a cover of Deee-Lite's "Groove is in the Heart."  More

Sep 07, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) is the star of a new short documentary over at Nowness. Alan Del Rio Ortiz directed the film, which follows Clark back to Texas, where she grew up (although she was born in Oklahoma). In it she sings the American national anthem at a little league game and wanders around the Texas countryside. More

Aug 26, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Taylor Swift likes to bring special guests up on stage with her at each of her shows and last night at Los Angeles' Staples Center she brought out the one-two punch of Beck and St. Vincent. More

Jul 07, 2015 By Marie Noble

Last weekend, Gdynia, Poland hosted Open’er Festival—the country’s largest four-day music event.  More

Jul 01, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Apple Music launched this week and a big part of the service is the Beats 1 Internet radio station. St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) is one of the celebrity DJs involved in the enterprise and she hosted her first Beats 1 show last night.  More

Jun 29, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

David Byrne's Contemporary Color project features color-guard teams doing interpretive choreography while musicians perform live. After a recent show in Toronto, this past weekend the event was staged in Brooklyn. More

Jun 22, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Back in April The Chemical Brothers announced their first new studio album in five years, Born in the Echoes, due out July 17th via longtime label Astralwerks. More

May 27, 2015 By Laura Studarus

On Tuesday, May 26, St. Vincent performed at the Orpheum in Madison, Wisconsin. More

Apr 30, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

When SOAK (aka the 18-year-old singer/songwriter from Northern Ireland named Bridie Monds-Watson) played Under the Radar's day party at SXSW this year, the audience was in rapt attention, despite the fact that she was performing solo acoustic, just her voice and her guitar. More

Apr 09, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this week St. Vincent appeared on The Tonight Show where she delivered her brand new single, "Teenage Talk." More

Apr 07, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Last night St. Vincent was welcomed as the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she performed her new single, "Teenage Talk." More

Mar 09, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Last night a brand new track titled "Teenage Talk" by St. Vincent debuted on the latest episode of HBO's Girls. More

Feb 09, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

As previously reported, last night St. Vincent, a.k.a. Annie Clark became the first solo female artist to win a Grammy for Best Alternative Album since 1991. More

Feb 09, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Last night the 57th Grammy Awards took place, with Beck taking the top honor of Album of the Year with last year's Morning Phase.  More

Jan 20, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

On Feb. 10 St. Vincent's Annie Clark will deliver a deluxe edition of her heavily lauded self-titled album, featuring a number of exclusive bonus tracks and a remix of "Digital Witness" by Darkside. More

Jan 14, 2015 By Laura Studarus

2014 was St. Vincent’s year—and it looks like 2015 is shaping up to be no different. More

Jan 05, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Before closing this past weekend, for the past several months the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago had been providing visitors with an extensive retrospective exhibition on the career of David Bowie. More

Dec 19, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the Best of 2014 Issue, which is about to hit newsstands and will be out all of January and February. It features St. Vincent on the cover and interviews with some of the artists behind 2014's best albums. More

Dec 17, 2014 By Laura Studarus

St. Vincent/Annie Clark has spent the year proving her status as a guitar goddess, so it’s no accident that the video for St. Vincent cut “Birth in Reverse” casts the musician as some kind of musical deity. More

Dec 16, 2014 By Laura Studarus

The newest episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast features none other than St. Vincent.  More

Dec 01, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Over the holiday numerous musical artists took part in Record Store Day's Black Friday sale, releasing all kinds of exclusive material. More

Nov 25, 2014 By Julia Underwood

Sunday, November 23, was the final day of Le Guess Who? Our writer/photographer Laura Studarus was there.  More

Nov 17, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

When she isn't performing on Saturday Night Live comedian and actress Vanessa Bayer stars as Janessa Slater, the worst media consultant to ever work the industry in Above Average's ongoing web series "Sound Advice." More

Oct 21, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Joining the likes of Jenny Lewis, Conor Oberst, OutKast, CHVRCHES, The Decemberists, and The Flaming Lips, St. Vincent will be issuing an exclusive piece of music for this year's Record Store Day Black Friday event. More

Oct 13, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

St. Vincent is no stranger to delivering a memorable live show, but this past weekend during her appearance at Austin City Limits, Annie Clark upped the ante considerably. More

Aug 13, 2014 By Laura Studarus

St. Vincent has been subbing for Late Night bandleader Fred Armisen this week. More

Aug 13, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On August 9, St. Vincent performed a special show in New York as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn concert series.  More

Aug 12, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Due to his commitments on Portlandia and other projects, Fred Armisen occasionally has to take brief absences from his duties as the bandleader for Seth Meyers' Late Night show. More

Aug 06, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

On August 11^th and 12^th, Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, will front Late Night With Seth Meyers' 8G band while Fred Armisen takes the nights off. More

Jul 18, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Continuing to tout the awesomeness of her recent self-titled album, St. Vincent returned to late night television yesterday to perform for a very impressed Dave Letterman. More

Jun 22, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Last weekend, we were in Canada to enjoy the eight annual Sled Island. Here are some photos from the last night of events, featuring Doug Hoyer, St. Vincent, and Spiritualized.  More

May 30, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

This weekend on May 31 HBO will premiere the official television broadcast of this year's Rock and Roll Hame of Fame Induction Ceremony, which took place in Brooklyn back in April. More

May 29, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Recently, St. Vincent took her insane/awesome art rock to Later With Jools Holland.  More

May 20, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Le Guess Who? one of our favorite small festivals, has released the initial line-up for their winter event, taking place from November 20-23 in Utrecht, Netherlands.  More

May 19, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Over the weekend Saturday Night Live aired its season finale with returning castmate and Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg filling in as host. More

May 15, 2014 By Laura Studarus

This Saturday is the season finale of Saturday Night Live. The show is hosted by Andy Samberg and features St.Vincent. More

Apr 24, 2014 By Laura Studarus

St. Vincent has shuffled tour dates to accommodate her recently announced appearance on the May 17 season finale of Saturday Night Live.  More

Apr 23, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On May 17, St. Vincent will appear on the Season finale of Saturday Night Live with host Andy Samberg.  More

Apr 11, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Last night, alongside the likes of Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Cat Sevens, Linda Ronstadt, Hall & Oates, and the E Street Band, Nirvana were honored with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. More

Apr 07, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

This past Saturday marked the twentieth anniversary of Kurt Cobain's tragic suicide. More

Mar 30, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Darkside (a.k.a. Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington) have remixed “Digital Witness,” a single from St. Vincent’s recently released self-titled album. More

Mar 25, 2014 By Julia Underwood

Here’s a SXSW photo gallery by Mark Redfern.  More

Mar 18, 2014 By Laura Studarus

This Thursday, keep your eyes peeled for a special guest on Portlandia—St. Vincent’s Annie Clark.  More

Mar 06, 2014 By Laura Studarus

St. Vincent’s new self-titled album is out now. But that doesn’t mean that Ms. Annie Clark is done surprising us.  More

Mar 04, 2014 By Laura Studarus

After being rained out last year, the Sled Island Festival in Calgary, Alberta is back and better than ever. More

Feb 27, 2014 By Scott Dransfield

St. Vincent tour-mates and former "Pleased to Meet You" group Glass Animals have released the video for their song "Gooey," via The Quietus. It's a strange, dreamlike sequence featuring fluids and various forms of bodily expression.  More

Feb 19, 2014 By Matt Fink

Annie Clark struggles to explain why she decided to go the eponymous route for her fourth St. Vincent album, acknowledging that self-titling a record is usually reserved for either definitive statements or debuts. More

Feb 18, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Next week St. Vincent will finally deliver her highly-anticipated new self-titled LP.  More

Feb 10, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On the cusp of releasing her highly-anticipated self-titled album on Feb. 25, St. Vincent became the most recent participant in American Express' "Unstaged" Series over the weekend. More

Feb 07, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

While a lot of attention is being given to Jimmy Fallon taking over The Tonight Show next week, Comedy Central has quietly shuffled its own late night line-up with the addition of Nerdist podcast host Chris Hardwick and his new comedy game show @Midnight. More

Jun 12, 2014 By Matt Fink

For Throwback Thursdays we will be posting classic interviews from the Under the Radar print archives to our website. For this Throwback Thursday we revisit our 2007 article on St. Vincent. More

Apr 22, 2014 By Matt Fink

Over the course of three albums—each arguably better than the last—Annie Clark has established herself as one of indie rock's most reliably innovative acts. But as her strengths (dazzlingly ornate arrangements, intricately designed wordplay) have generally trended toward the cerebral, the literate, and the sophisticated, her music has never felt particularly dangerous. More

Feb 19, 2014 By Matt Fink

Annie Clark struggles to explain why she decided to go the eponymous route for her fourth St. Vincent album, acknowledging that self-titling a record is usually reserved for either definitive statements or debuts. More

Nov 28, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Trying to recap/relive Le Guess Who? is a daunting proposition.  More

Jun 26, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Although there were many impressive bands peppered throughout the week, no day of Sled Island packed quite the star power of Saturday, when St. Vincent and Spiritualized performed. St. Vincent opener Doug Hoyer was also a major highlight as well. (Let’s hear it for the little guys.) More

Feb 21, 2014 By Austin Trunick

Last fall, Annie Clark emerged from 18 long months on the road—which included the Strange Mercy tour and her Love This Giant gigs with David Byrne—ready to work. Rather than take the standard time off to recover and recalibrate, Clark dove right into songwriting again, expelling the last year and a half's worth of ideas into these 11 new tracks. The simply-titled St. Vincent arrived far earlier than anyone would have expected from such a busy artist, but it doesn't feel rushed; rather, it's the product of a musician on an inspired streak. More

Aug 10, 2012 By Laura Studarus

I had a thought while eating dinner last night: it’s nice to cover a festival with food options that involve something other than eating a pile of grease. Among other such deep revelations I also saw Philco Fiction, Baroness, John Maus, Frank Ocean, St. Vincent, Ane Brun, and Björk. More

Sep 09, 2011 By Matt Fink

It must be difficult for a songwriter who possesses great wit, extraordinary performance skills, and an ear for complex arrangements to not want to show off now and again, and St. Vincent’s Annie Clark wasn’t immune from flexing her skills on her first two releases. More

Feb 17, 2010 By Laura Studarus

I go to a lot of shows. But rarely—if ever—am I as fired up about an opener as I was about seeing Wildbirds & Peacedrums open for St. Vincent. Lighter already aloft (metaphorically anyway) but the end of their eight song set I was ready to quit my job and start following them around in a van. More

Mar 28, 2009 By Mark Redfern

SXSW is a guessing game. There are many hundreds of bands playing at so many different venues, that you can have a fantastic or a lousy time depending on who you see and how well you second guess how long it will take to get into each venue. The goal is to spend most of your time seeing as many great bands as possible, and as little time possible waiting in line or sitting through sets from bands you don’t want to see just to make sure you’re in the venue in time to see the bands you do want to see. Your enemies are late set times and the varying degrees of sound quality at Austin’s many venues. More